Sandrine Bonnaire won the Best Actress César for her portrayal of the defiant young drifter Mona, found frozen to death in a ditch at the beginning of Vagabond. Agnès Varda pieces together Mona’s story through flashbacks told by those who encountered her (played by a largely nonprofessional cast), producing a splintered portrait of an enigmatic woman. With its sparse, poetic imagery, Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) is a stunner, and won Varda the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.
Written and Directed by Agnès Varda
Produced by Oury Milshtein
Assistant Directors: Jacques Deschamps and Jacques Royer
Cinematography by Patrick Blossier
Music by Joanna Bruzdowicz
Editing by Patricia Mazuy and Agnès Varda
Set Design by Jean Bauer and Anne Violet
Costumes by Rosalie Varda
Sound by Jean-Paul Mugel
Starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Macha Méril, Stéphane Freiss, Laurence Cortadellas, Patrick Lepcynski, Yolande Moreau, Marthe Jarnias, and Yahiaoui Assouna